Grand Slam Statistics

Other Achievements

ATP Tour Finals: Runner Up -2010, 2013

Olympics: Gold Medal (2008)

Davis Cup: 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 for Spain

Brief Information

Rafael Nadal was born to Sabastian Nadal and Anna Marie Parera in Manacor, Balearic Islands. He has a younger sister named Maria Isabel. At the age of 8, Nadal won an under 12 regional championship in Spain but he was also a promising football player at the same time. But his coach and uncle Toni Nadal inspired him to play Tennis as he has great ability to play forehand shots with both hands. At the age of 14, the Spanish tennis federation requested to the Nadal family that he should be moved to Barcelona but his family turned down the offer and thus Nadal’s father barred all the cost to make him a tennis player and turned Nadal into a professional at the age of 15.

Professional Life

Nadal turned pro at the age of 15 years and 10 months in April 2002. His first ATP ranking was 762. He defeated the Ramon Delgado and became the ninth player to do so in his first match.

In 2004 he first defeated the World No. 1 Roger Federer in the Miami Masters.

On his 19th Birthday in 2005 he defeated Roger Federer again, but this time in the French Open semi final and two days later he defeated Mariano Puerta in the final and became the second male player after Mats Wilander to win the French Open in the first try.

Since then he has won 8 French Open titles every year except in 2009. Apart from this, he has also won the Australian Open ones and Wimbledon and the US Open twice.